Williamsburg, KY – The #24 Cumberlands women's tennis team emerged victorious in a back-and-forth contest with (RV) Oakland City on Thursday. The Patriots defeated the Mighty Oaks 4-3.

UC grabbed the early 1-0 advantage, taking two of three doubles matches. Eva Cancarevic and Marina Nagai earned the first victory of the day, defeating Maria Trembach and Kataryn Kulynych 6-2 at #3 doubles. Liu YuFang and Jirachavala Puckaporn secured the doubles point with a 6-4 win over Mariana Espinosa and Isabela Todorovic at the #2 spot.

Oakland City opened singles play with a win at the #1 spot to even the score at one.

Marina Nagai put the Pats back in front with a dominant victory at #2 singles. Nagai did not drop a game, taking down Liz Aristizabal 6-0, 6-0.

The Mighty Oaks would once again knot things up, taking the next match to tie the score, 2-2.

Liu YuFang provided the response this time for the Pats with a win at #4 singles. YuFang defeated Isabela Todorovic 6-4, 6-0 to put the Pats up 3-2.

After the Mighty Oaks took the next match to tie the match for the third time, it would all come down to UC's Jiravahavla Puckaporn and OCU's Juliana Puente at #5 singles. Puckaporn came through for the Pats in straight sets, earning a 6-3, 7-6 victory to secure the overall 4-3 win for Cumberlands.  

UC is back in action on Saturday, March 16^th, hosting #25 Campbellsville.

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